Production Manager - Video

Overview

The Production Manager will manage relationships with key stakeholders across the division and oversee the work of our production team as they produce and deliver video assets briefed to our team. These assets include social-first content, brand films, broadcasts, and event coverage. This role will report to the Head of Production in London to manage the increased flow of creative content from Informa Festivals' events brands.

As part of our creative content function your key responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the work of our team of Producers - reviewing workload and project deadlines
• Leading stakeholder relations across the brand (escalating to Head of Production if needed)
• Owning large-scale video productions from pre-production to go-live
• Managing mid-sized budgets for specific productions, once approved by Head of Production
• Acting as point-of-escalation for more junior producers
• Owning the organisation of the team schedule, ensuring practical production timelines
• Leading production team meetings and reviewing schedules on a rolling basis to confirm projects are progressing
• Reviewing content drafts in the first instance, prior to creative QC
• Keeping up to date with video & audio best practices for content on platforms such as Spotify, You Tube (shorts, pre-roll, and full video), Instagram, Linked In, Tik Tok
• Experience requirements and additional responsibilities related to creative production and multi-person workload management are included below

• At least 3 years' experience in a creative project management or production management role, either in-house corporate or in agency
• Experience in creative production, managing the workload of multiple people (including freelancers)
• Experience in managing entire production lifecycle of a large-scale project from beginning to end ensuring deliverables & production timelines meet the brief
• Proven stakeholder management experience across all leadership levels
• Strong understanding of products related to video production and motion graphics (Adobe suite preferred)
• Experience in sourcing & hiring quality freelancers, including camera crew, onscreen talent, make-up artists, and motion graphics

• Our benefits include:
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on Linked In Learning. When it's time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A Share Match scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

Informa Festivals marks an exciting new chapter in B2B events, bringing some of the world s most influential creative, technology and business festivals together. We re combining prestigious events like Cannes Lions, Black Hat, Money
20/20, GDC, and London Tech Week with cutting-edge marketing intelligence platforms and advisory services to deliver unmissable experiences and insights. Our festival-led approach reimagines traditional B2B events, creating powerful, immersive experiences that drive innovation and industry advancement. Building on decades of expertise and powered by Informa s international reach, we re shaping the next generation of business festivals. We re part of Informa, a FTSE 100 member recognised as one of Britain s Most Admired Companies, with trusted brands in specialist markets across 30+ countries.

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That s why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces - like at an Informa event - you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

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Our benefits include additional details about inclusion. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not…